Tune In: Dear Ladies (1981)

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Dear Ladies (1981)

1:33 AM

Dr. Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket were the stage personae of the musical performance and female impersonation artists George Logan and Patrick Fyffe. Active in theatre, radio and television between 1972 and 2001, this comedy partnership entertained the public in the guise of two elderly eccentric spinsters, living genteel lives in the village of Stackton Tressel and celebrating their former careers on the provincial operatic stage.

Hinge and Bracket appeared in their own series called Dear Ladies on BBC 2, between 1983 and 1985. The scripts were written by Gyles Brandreth. Locations were picturesque Cheshire towns and villages, including Knutsford, Great Budworth and Nantwich. Three series were made, including a pilot. In the third (and final series of 'Dear Ladies'), a few small changes were made, perhaps the most noticeable change being Hinge wearing a slightly different pair of Brown half moon spectacles and chain. Logan recalled that the BBC provided these particular new spectacles and chain.